Diesel rose for a fourth straight week, rising 1.3 cents to $3.796 a gallon, the Department of Energy said.
July 31, 2012Business
Arkansas Best’s 2Q Income More Than Doubles
Arkansas Best Corp.’s second-quarter profit more than doubled, the company said Tuesday.
July 31, 2012BusinessEquipment
Cummins’ 2Q Income Dips; Heavy-Duty Engine Sales Improve
Cummins Inc. said Tuesday its second-quarter profit slipped from a year ago but its heavy-duty truck engine sales improved.
July 31, 2012GovernmentBusinessFuel
Feds Approve Southern Leg of Keystone Pipeline
Federal officials have approved a permit for the southern leg of the Keystone XL pipeline that will run from an oil refinery in Cushing, Okla., to the Texas coast, the Associated Press reported.
July 31, 2012Business
Chicago Manufacturing Activity Rises
Manufacturing activity in the Chicago area increased in July, the Institute for Supply Management-Chicago said Tuesday.
July 31, 2012GovernmentBusiness
Consumer Confidence Increases in July
Consumer confidence rose for the first time in five months, the New York-based Confidence Board said Tuesday.
July 31, 2012BusinessGovernment
Consumer Spending Unchanged in June
Consumer spending was unchanged in June and incomes increased 0.5%, the largest gain in three months, the Commerce Department said Tuesday.
July 31, 2012Business
Celadon’s Profit Jumps for 4Q, Fiscal Year
Celadon Group said its fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year profit jumped on higher freight revenue.
July 30, 2012Business
ATA Previews Highlights for 2012 Management Conference & Exhibition
American Trucking Associations Monday released details of the group’s annual Management Conference & Exhibition, to be held Oct. 7-10 in Las Vegas.
July 30, 2012Business
Review Extended on UPS’ Acquisition of TNT
UPS Inc. agreed to a 10-day antitrust extension of its planned purchase of Netherlands-based package firm TNT Express by European regulators, while TNT reported a strong second-quarter profit, Bloomberg reported.
July 30, 2012